CO129-523-4 China- protection of Anglo-Chinese 13-11-1929 - 10-1-1931 — Page 59

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Sir,

Encl: No:(2) to 3.3. Secret Despatch of 12th Sept. 1930

APPENDIX III. +++0+++

DUTCH MODUS VIVENDI, 1911.

NOTE FROM CHINESE FOREIGN OFFICE TO DUTCH LEGATION.

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Peking, June 20, 1911.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your Excellency's note to the following effect:-

"It has been agreed that in the event of Chinese

who have assumed Dutch nationality being desirous,

on their return to China, of retaining the same,

they should within three months of their return

report to a Dutch consul, and that if they propose

to make a prolonged stay in China they should,

during the three months of each solar year, again

report to a Dutch consul; persons who fail to take

these steps being considered as having lost their

Dutch nationality.

"I fear, however, that Chinese who may be of

Dutch nationality owing to their compliance with

the steps above laid down may, for their own advantage,

pretend to the general public to be of Chinese nation-

ality, thus being at one time Chinese, at another time

Dutch. Such action is most improper. Again, it is

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possible that an individual without an intentional

pretence on his part, but simply in ignorance of his

nationality, may also give rise to mistakes.

also is an improper state of affairs, and steps should

be taken to guard against it.

"In my opinion these evils will be sufficiently

guarded against if organs of Chinese administration

are